ORAL COMMUNICATION LEVEL 4

Applies appropriate strategies to extract main ideas from oral texts across a range of contexts

Minimal support, as requested

Establishing own support resources

Range of contexts including some that are unfamiliar and/or unpredictable

Some specialisation in non-routine contexts

Complex texts

Embedded information

Includes specialised vocabulary

Includes abstraction and symbolism

PERFORMANCE FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Uses knowledge of principal conventions of language to assist with constructing meaning from a range of oral text types including conversations, discussions and negotiations

• Interprets register pertaining to particular contexts
• Considers aspects of context, purpose and audience when comprehending oral texts

• Understands oral texts which use complex syntactic structures
• Follows oral texts which use modal verbs and other modification devices, abstract nouns and some nominalisation

• Relates separate pieces of information within an oral text, rather than treating them as separate units of information
• Reflects on underlying meaning of the communication and responds appropriately
• Listens in order to make notes from oral texts in chosen fields of knowledge

• Understands vocabulary specific to topic
• Follows oral texts which include vocabulary that creates nuances of meaning

• Responds to cues such as change of pace and particular words which indicate a new or important point is about to be made
• Reflects on the effectiveness of the interaction requesting clarification, and/or variation in volume and pace as necessary

• Interprets gesture and other paralinguistic features
• Responds to topic shifts and points of clarification, and gives non-verbal feedback